Thursday, March 23, 2006
American Idol Raped My Soul
I am setting myself up for a verbal flogging of epic proportions, but I must get this off my chest.
I watch American Idol. I am a 31 year old, white, straight male and I have loved every season of American Idol since it came on the air.
However, I can not conform to the new lows of commercialism that this show has sunk to this season.
Never mind the fact that Ryan Seacrest can't get out two sentences without cutting to commercial. It is a simple fact of their business (hence why everyone watches "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and no one except me watched "Arrested Development" both equally smart shows but the prior comes without the network bullshit).
The impetus for this rant are those insipid "videos" with the Idol hopefuls getting their nipples hard over the latest SUV or minivan from Ford. These shameful plugs were cute when they first did them two seasons ago, but have now become an embarrassment to the contestants and frankly anyone who can actually sit and watch them.
Last nights decent into Dante's fourth layer of the Beast was sung to "We Got the Beat" by the Go-Go's. All of the Idol hopefuls pulled crap out of the back of a Ford Behemoth and took the artistic equivelant of a big steaming dump as they enjoyed a day at the beach.
I hold no delusions that the only reason 80's music is tolerated is purely for the nostalgia factor, not because it's actually good music. Sure there were some great artists (The Cars, R.E.M. etc...), but for the most part the decade was just one long Casio riff stuck on the "autoplay" feature.
This is why an homage to this music is like someone saying they want to grow and be just like Adolf Hitler. YOU DON'T EMULATE HISTORICAL TRAGEDIES!!!!!
Only the Go-Go's should do "We Got the Beat" and even they should only perform it at a Cameron Crowe film festival.
I literally could not sit through this montage without groaning, so I turned it off. And I don't think i can turn it on agaian -- ever.
This is no longer a talent competition. It has become a showcase for mediocrity and product placement.
I think it was Moses who said "You shall not worship any false idols". Well Big M - here is one person who hold to that creed.
I watch American Idol. I am a 31 year old, white, straight male and I have loved every season of American Idol since it came on the air.
However, I can not conform to the new lows of commercialism that this show has sunk to this season.
Never mind the fact that Ryan Seacrest can't get out two sentences without cutting to commercial. It is a simple fact of their business (hence why everyone watches "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and no one except me watched "Arrested Development" both equally smart shows but the prior comes without the network bullshit).
I Will Put a Ford Up My ASS Sideways Before I Drive One
The impetus for this rant are those insipid "videos" with the Idol hopefuls getting their nipples hard over the latest SUV or minivan from Ford. These shameful plugs were cute when they first did them two seasons ago, but have now become an embarrassment to the contestants and frankly anyone who can actually sit and watch them.
Last nights decent into Dante's fourth layer of the Beast was sung to "We Got the Beat" by the Go-Go's. All of the Idol hopefuls pulled crap out of the back of a Ford Behemoth and took the artistic equivelant of a big steaming dump as they enjoyed a day at the beach.
I hold no delusions that the only reason 80's music is tolerated is purely for the nostalgia factor, not because it's actually good music. Sure there were some great artists (The Cars, R.E.M. etc...), but for the most part the decade was just one long Casio riff stuck on the "autoplay" feature.
This is why an homage to this music is like someone saying they want to grow and be just like Adolf Hitler. YOU DON'T EMULATE HISTORICAL TRAGEDIES!!!!!
Only the Go-Go's should do "We Got the Beat" and even they should only perform it at a Cameron Crowe film festival.
I literally could not sit through this montage without groaning, so I turned it off. And I don't think i can turn it on agaian -- ever.
This is no longer a talent competition. It has become a showcase for mediocrity and product placement.
I think it was Moses who said "You shall not worship any false idols". Well Big M - here is one person who hold to that creed.
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We can, but i actually use posts like this as examples when I hold seminars to exhibit the underbelly of the Blogosphere.
Hey, don't worry about getting slammed for watching American Idol. We all have shows that we watch that we'd rather not admit we like. I have one guilty pleasure that I watch on Tuesdays, but I won't say what it is...
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